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Catherine Fox

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Catherine Mai-Lan Fox, born December 15, 1977, in Detroit, Michigan, is an American former swimmer who competed for Stanford University, and won two gold medals swimming freestyle at the 1996 Summer Olympics, one in the 4x100 freestyle relay and one in the 4x100 medley relay. She is of Vietnamese and European descent. Her father, Thomas C. Fox (editor and former publisher of the National Catholic Reporter), worked in Vietnam for International Voluntary Services from 1966 to 1968, where he met Catherine's mother, To Kim Hoa, a social worker in Can Tho who married Fox in South Vietnam on January 16, 1971. The family moved to Detroit to work for the Detroit Free Press in 1972 where Catherine was born, before later moving to Washington D.C. in 1978 to work for the Washington Star. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Catherine Fox is the 462nd most popular swimmer (up from 509th in 2019), the 18,618th most popular biography from United States (up from 18,961st in 2019) and the 145th most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Catherine Fox ranks 462 out of 709. Before her are Georgina Bardach, Alessia Filippi, Klete Keller, Mark Tewksbury, Rachele Bruni, and Marcelo Chierighini. After her are Danas Rapšys, Ana Marcela Cunha, Fabien Gilot, Lukas Märtens, Pál Joensen, and Kliment Kolesnikov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Catherine Fox ranks 1,110. Before her are Nazr Mohammed, Rodney Jerkins, Daiju Matsumoto, Danny Mills, Bobby Moynihan, and Abdullah Jumaan Al-Dosari. After her are Clayton Zane, Capi, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Eirik Bakke, Andrés Silvera, and Yohei Taniike.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Catherine Fox ranks 18,626 out of 20,380. Before her are Gunna (1993), Greg Anthony (1967), Juliana Harkavy (1985), Jason McCartney (1973), Cristian Roldan (1995), and Montana Jordan (2003). After her are Eric Ladin (1978), Jordan Hamilton (1990), Annie Mumolo (1973), Indya Moore (1995), Daniel Curtis Lee (1991), and Makenzie Vega (1994).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Catherine Fox ranks 145. Before her are Nelson Diebel (1970), Mary Wayte (1965), Matt Grevers (1985), Tom Dolan (1975), Beth Botsford (1981), and Klete Keller (1982). After her are Margaret Hoelzer (1983), Farida Osman (1995), Cullen Jones (1984), Brooke Bennett (1980), Annie Lazor (1994), and Kaitlin Sandeno (1983).

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